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كزز

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes states of constriction, stiffness, and tightness, often associated with cold or a lack of flexibility. It extends to concepts of stinginess and a harsh, unyielding quality.

Derived headwords

الْكَزَازَةnoun
  1. 1.
    with fatha: contraction and drynessboth

    with fatha: contraction and dryness

كَزّadjective
  1. 1.
    yakizzu with damma, kazazaboth

    yakizzu with damma, kazaza

  2. 2.
    with fathaboth

    with fatha

  3. 3.
    with dammaboth

    with damma

كَزّverb
  1. 1.
    yakizzu with damma, kazazaboth

    yakizzu with damma, kazaza

  2. 2.
    with fathaboth

    with fatha

  3. 3.
    with dammaboth

    with damma

كَزَّةadjective
  1. 1.
    stiff (bow)classical

    Describing a bow whose wood is stiff and resistant to bending.

كَزَّةadjective
  1. 1.
    tight, squeaky (pulley)classical

    Describing a pulley that is tight and makes a harsh, squeaking sound.

مَكْزُوزadjective
  1. 1.
    when he contracted from the coldboth

    when he contracted from the cold

الْكَزَازnoun
  1. 1.
    with damma: a disease caused by severe coldboth

    with damma: a disease caused by severe cold

تَقَبَّضَverb
  1. 1.
    he recoiled/shrank awayboth

    he recoiled/shrank away

اكْلِئْزَازnoun
  1. 1.
    contraction, shrinkingclassical

    The act or state of contracting or shrinking.

Parallel reading

الْكَزَازَة: الانقباض واليبس.
Al-kazaza: constriction and stiffness.
ويقال: رجل كز، وقوم كز بالضم.
And it is said: a stiff man, and a stiff people (with damma).
ورجل كز اليدين، أي بخيل، مثل جعد اليدين.
And a man with stiff hands, meaning stingy, like a man with curly hands.
وقوس كزة، إذا كان في عودها يبس عن الانعطاف.
And a stiff bow, if its wood has stiffness against bending.
وبكرة كزة، أي ضيقة شديدة الصرير.
And a stiff pulley, meaning tight and making a harsh squeaking sound.
وقد كززت الشئ فهو مكزوز، أي ضيقته.
And you have tightened the thing, so it is tightened, meaning you have constricted it.
والكزاز بالضم: داء يأخذ من شدة البرد.
And al-kazaz (with damma): an ailment that afflicts from the intensity of the cold.
وقد كز الرجل فهو مكزوز، إذا تقبض من البرد.
And the man has become stiff, so he is stiffened, if he contracted from the cold.
واكلازا اكلئزازا، إذا تقبض.
And he contracted a contraction, if he contracted.